Hold the Dark (Markhat, #3)

Demons in a feeding frenzy drive the world-weary Markhat to the brink… A Markhat story. Quiet, hard-working seamstresses arenвЂTMt the kind that normally go missing, even in a tough town like Rannit. Martha HoobinвЂTMs disappearance, though, quickly draws Markhat into a deadly struggle between a halfdead blood cult and the infamous sorcerer known only as the Corpsemaster. A powerful magical artifact may be both his only hope of survival—and the source of his own inescapable damnation. MarkatвЂTMs search leads him to the one thing thatвЂTMs been missing in his life. But even loveвЂTMs awesome power may not save him from the darkness thatвЂTMs been unleashed inside his own soul. Warning: This gritty, hard-boiled fantasy detective novel contains mild romance and interludes of suggestive hand-holding.